Latham v. New York State Division of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Stein, J.), entered December 19, 2007 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

In 1995, petitioner was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and attempted murder in the second degree and was sentenced, respectively, to concurrent prison terms of 8V3 to 25 years and Pk to 22V2 years. In September 2006, he made his sixth appearance before the Board of Parole seeking parole release. At…